Gabriel Alw

Acting

Gabriel Alw

Born — Died

1889-12-25 — 1946-11-09

Place of birth

Eskilstuna, Södermanlands län, Sweden

Known for

Acting

Credits

35 titles

Known for

Film credits

1940s · 14 titles

Kärlekslivets offer poster
10.0

Barbro is a young, happy girl, with a lot of male acquaintances. She unfortunately meets men that infects her with syphilis. Without being aware of this Barbro transmits the disease to other men. Medical doctor Bernard tries to help her.

Kärlekslivets offer

1944

Two People poster
6.7

Set entirely in one room, an innocent young man is accused of plagiarising the work of an old professor. Later, he is blamed for the professor's murder.

Two People

1945

Money: A Tragicomic Saga poster
7.2

Orvar is a vagabond, walking the country roads and living on sunshine and generosity. One day he decides to find work somewhere to get some money. He becomes a helping hand for seven lumberjack brothers. The big and strong brothers really enjoy themselves, joking with the small and meek Orvar. Orvar does not know that he has inherited a large fortune but the seven brothers do and they begin to treat him with the greatest courtesy. They convince him to write his last will, making them his heirs, and then begin to make plans on how to kill him.

Money: A Tragicomic Saga

1946

Ordet poster
6.9

Swedish film of the Kaj Munk play that was made into a far more famous film by Carl Dreyer in Denmark twelve years later.

Ordet

1943

June Night poster
6.2

A woman flees to avoid rumors of promiscuity, but is trailed by a reporter who wants to expose her dark past.

June Night

1940

The Bells in Old Town poster
6.7

Kalle Magnus Berg is a kind bailiff in Gamla Stan (Old Town) in Stockholm. He helps out "clients" by supporting them with money from his own pocket. His neighbor is a jazz musician who plays at a restaurant for a living.

The Bells in Old Town

1946

Jag dräpte poster
5.8

"I Slew" - Hospital drama of a doctor who thinks that he killed a patient on the operating table.

Jag dräpte

1943

I brist på bevis poster
5.5

A drama about the manager Håkan Dahlin who has just been discharged from a clinic where he was treated for his alcoholism. In an outbreak of jealousy, Dahlin abuses his wife Inga and after that he is forcibly interned again. Inga is a nurse and she is now moving to a mountain village to work at a district clinic. During an emergency visit, she encounters her childhood sweetheart, the doctor Gunnar, and old feelings between them begin to flare up again.

I brist på bevis

1943

The Mongrel poster
NR

Siberian hunter Burtaj learns from his dying father that he originates from German farmers on his mother side. He is thus a "bastard", since the hunters and peasants have been enemies since ancient times.

The Mongrel

1940

There's a Fire Burning poster
9.0

An allegory of Germany's WWII occupation of Norway. Members of a theater ensemble join the resistance.

There's a Fire Burning

1943

If I Could Marry the Minister poster
7.7

Eva Örn is a newly graduated teacher, who becomes a school teacher in rural Vikarlunda. She is a beautiful young woman with firm opinions and she does not live up to the locals' picture of the ideal female teacher. She has an affair with the pastor, Ingvar Hagson, but they have to keep their love a secret.

If I Could Marry the Minister

1941

Changing Trains poster
5.7

Inga, an unemployed actress meets a sweetheart Kim, from days long gone at a train station. Over coffee they reminisce about their romance and how Inga left Kim for a moderately successful acting career and the attractive theater director Leo Waller.

Changing Trains

1943

Kristin Commands poster
6.2

Translator Vilhelm and his young wife have a child, as well as a grumpy housemaid who doesn't hesitate to give her opinion on how they behave as parents. In secret Kristin arranges a scholarship for Vilhelm so he can go back to his medical studies.

Kristin Commands

1946

Doktor Glas poster
5.2

Dr. Glas is visited by Mrs. Gregorius who lives in an unhappy marriage and decides to help her, by any means necessary.

Doktor Glas

1942

1920s · 6 titles

Elisabet poster
9.0

Even though Elisabet's mother has remarried with the friendly dr Bärn it's impossible to cure Elisabet of her depression because she had to give away a child she gave birth to out of wedlock. Her mother and step father are the only people who know about the circumstances and they are keen to keep it secret so there is no scandal against the family.

Elisabet

1921

Sin poster
6.1

A married writer's luck turns when he gets a play produced at Théâtre de Paris. He meets the femme fatale who should play the lead in his play. Passion and conflict occurs.

Sin

1928

The Norrtull Gang poster
6.6

A collective of office girls and their tribulations in the male world, female solidarity, the place of women in the labor and civil rights struggles and the conflict between love and work.

The Norrtull Gang

1923

The Ingmar Inheritance poster
7.1

When his ancestors seem to appear in the clouds during a storm of biblical proportions, young Ingmar decides to give up his career as the village teacher and to reclaim the land and farm of his fathers. The same stormy night, the charismatic preacher Helgum arrives in the village to spread the word about the promises of the Holy Land, which turns parents and children, men and wives, brothers and sisters, against one another. Ingmar is torn between his love for the headmaster’s daughter Gertrud who is under the preacher’s spell, and the prospects of marrying the judge’s daughter Barbro in order to keep the farm.

The Ingmar Inheritance

1925

Two Kings poster
6.0

The young adventurer Signature Hjelm meets one day a runaway carriage, and succeeds by a resourceful and daring intervention to avert an accident. The rig belongs to Gustav III's favorite, Baron Armfelt, and as a reward for his feat will Ture service of the king's guard. Conspirators trying maple certainly entice him over to the king's enemies, but Ture reports Gustaf receiving a grim and determined expression on his face: "Spies even here!" His confidence Signature increases.

Two Kings

1925

To the Orient poster
10.0

When Ingmar Ingmarsson marries Barbro Svensdotter there's a big party with many guests. But the bride and groom are unhappy.

To the Orient

1926

1910s · 11 titles

Lieutenant Galenpanna poster
6.0

At a restaurant, the coats of flea expert Professor Loris and Lieutenant Juncker are mixee up. Thus Juncker finds the professor's notes for the next day, and makes a bet with his cronies that he should be able to carry out the professor's daily program without being exposed.

Lieutenant Galenpanna

1917

The Way Down poster
NR

After an encounter with a handsome student, young Mary Blom finds herself pregnant. Her life starts to fall apart.

The Way Down

1916

The Price of Betrayal poster
6.4

An unemployed man encounters trouble when he tries to find a way to help his sick wife.

The Price of Betrayal

1915

Between Life and Death poster
6.0

"Between life and death" - Dr Brinck and his assistant Inger Holm spend days and nights in his laboratory to experiment with a revolutionary medical cure for poisoning. Inger Holm is deeply in love with his boss. When the two scientists one day go to bed and visit an outdoor server, Brinck's manufacturer will meet Warren and his daughter Elsa and get an opportunity to help Elsa with a damaged foot. Thanks to him, he is invited to a party in the manufacturer's luxurious home...

Between Life and Death

1917

An Error poster
NR

Hedvig Rehmer, a widow with a young daughter, marries bank manager Wilhelm Hagberg. But her character is put in question when her daughter's father shows up alive.

An Error

1915

The Prisoner of Karlsten's Fortress poster
6.2

Count de Faber is working on a new type of explosive, but finds out that Professor Plussman has beat him to it. After an unsuccessful attempt to acquire the formula from Plussman, he breaks into the professor's house, steals the formula, and kidnaps his daughter, Mary. He takes her to Carlsten Fortress.

The Prisoner of Karlsten's Fortress

1916

No artwork available
NR

Elinor Petipon has been arrested as suspected of the murder of her husband. She seems to have lost her memory, and confronted with the husband's body, she does not even recognize him. The hearing judge decides that she shall be detained in custody for observation.

In the Fetters of Darkness

1917

The Suburban Vicar poster
5.0

A man decides to renounce his wealth and becomes a pastor. Within a short time he builds a reputation as a merciful and just man, but when he falls in love with a young rich woman, it causes problems.

The Suburban Vicar

1917

No artwork available
NR

A travelling circus experience bad times and starts to produce a miracle cure based on cake flour and sugar.

The Gift of Health, Ltd

1915

There Are No Gods on Earth poster
NR

Musician Gaston Brenner gets accepted to study under piano virtuoso Jean Krause. Through this he becomes acquainted with the painter and professor Mac Steep who is working on a painting of Christ at the last supper. He thinks Gaston's face would be perfect as a model for Christ's.

There Are No Gods on Earth

1917

Night Music poster
6.5

The rich Baron Von Meislingen dreams of being a poet-- Unfortunately, he has no talent what so ever. In one of his apartments lives the talented but poor poet Peter Långhår. Von Meislingen steals his latest work from him and publishes it under his own name. 'His' poems becomes a success and Von Meislingen becomes regarded as one of the greatest living poets.

Night Music

1918

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